diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
index a1274b380f73..ed7c1e046d55 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
 
   cfg = {
     pythonSupport = true;
-    phpSupport = true;
+    phpSupport = false;
     rubySupport = true;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
index 89f97292d39d..8a09d835f3da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "xapian-${version}";
-  version = "1.2.21";
+  version = "1.2.23";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/${version}/xapian-core-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0grd2s6gf8yzqwdaa50g57j9d81mxkrrpkyldm2shgyizdc8gx33";
+    sha256 = "0z9lhvfaazzmd611bnii9a0d19sqnjs0s9vbcgjhcv8s9spax0wp";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];